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September 07, 2007
TIME MACHINES REPAIRED: First Draft Done, Man
As of right now, Friday evening, the book is pretty much done. I've taken out the surplus chapters, added in the research details I needed but didn't worry about as I went, fixed up some terminology which I decided to change, renumbered the remaining chapters, decided on a subtitle for the book itself. Now all that's left is to read through the whole thing, polishing and spackling as I go. The main challenge for that stage of the thing is that between what I first wrote about my hero Spider's backstory, and what it ultimately turned out to be, I've got some stuff I need to change, and that's going to be tiresome. What will help is that I wrote to the WA Police Service for some info about police rank structures, etc. I'm hoping they get back to me.
Anyway, the book, with all the surplus chapters, came in at 112,000 words. Without those chapters it's now 93,900 words. Or, to provide a graphical representation...
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93,965 / 112,691 (83.4%) |
Posted by adrian at September 7, 2007 08:08 PM
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Hey Adrian! It's good to know that your absence has been for positive reasons! Congratulations on finishing the book.
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at September 13, 2007 07:33 AM
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